"matchbox songs & gypsy hymns"...intermission..

an unidentified timber box..upright and open it reveals two hinged panels that turn like the pages of a book...the first is a wooden panel that frames a black inked surface...in each corner there is a drawing pin...a length of white cotton is woven around each pin to form a cross or x...on the reverse side is a detailed description of what the viewer is looking at...it is hand written in pencil..the second hinged panel has a timber boarder and it frames a transparent black  fabric...silk perhaps...it is torn at the lower edge...behind the transparent silk is a bone white cut-out figure of a woman's upper body...it is held in place with two silver clips...beneath the figure is a wooden sphere...although it is not a perfect sphere as it is slightly flat on the top...in the background of the cut-out figure is a black inked panel...deliberate but not totally controlled...the impressions of a mono-type remain embedded in the surface...it suggests a coastline and the ocean...to one side and in reverse the words 'the ocean' is written...on the very opposite side of what could be considered as the inside lid of the box a small cardboard assemblage is hung...the top consists of a collection of post cards from which the shape of a man's upper body has been cut away...in the window it creates there is a map and several dress making pins have been pinned to the map...the collection of post cards have been bound with white thread to form a cage like frame...beneath the box figure a series of sewing needles with coloured thread have been placed in a row...each one has a number and a date written in pencil...along one edge is a title...also written in pencil..."you can't look at your-self in the ocean"....

coming soon...sp